Plane Down @ Hoxton Park

[Guest cosmos]

VH-BDB Down at hoxton park

 

 

[HeliPilot70]

Doesn't look good on radar. :-(

 

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[HeliPilot70]

West Hoxton: A person has received minor injuries when a light aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing near Moondarra Drive.

 

 

 

[shafs64]

Nice to see they made it

 

 

[Deskpilot]

Doesn't look good on radar. :-(Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker!

Makes one wonder if a qualified pilot was in command.

 

 

[HeliPilot70]

Preliminary ATSB report: Investigation: AO-2017-094 - Engine failure and forced landing of Piper PA-28-181, VH-BDB, 15 km WSW of Bankstown Airport, NSW on 19 September 2017

 

 

[bexrbetter]

Thanks Heli, great to know it was a 'walk away from'.

 

 

[onetrack]

What has happened to the ATSB link? I click on it and get an Umbraco "replacement 404" blank page.

 

So I go to the ATSB website and search for "AO-2017-094" investigation, and it tells me there are no results for my search?!

 

 

[turboplanner]

I hope for his sake he stayed 1 metre clear of the bik

 

What has happened to the ATSB link? I click on it and get an Umbraco "replacement 404" blank page.So I go to the ATSB website and search for "AO-2017-094" investigation, and it tells me there are no results for my search?!

search for Hoxton Park or the aircraft make model....might help.

 

 

[HeliPilot70]

It is listed in summary form on the front page of Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) but there is no link. They are probably updating it and it will be available soon.

 

 

[Guest cosmos]

unless they withdrew the investigation, it happens at times if they don't think its worth investigating

 

Edit: working now Investigation: AO-2017-094 - Engine failure and forced landing of Piper PA-28-181, VH-BDB, 15 km WSW of Bankstown Airport, NSW on 19 September 2017

 

 

[onetrack]

I wonder if this is going to be another PA-28 tank selector problem? They don't run too well when you've selected the wrong tank, inadvertently set the selector between positions, or forget to turn the pump on when switching tanks.

 

They've also been known to have faulty selector valves that bind and prevent tank switching.

 

A former business partner with a PA-28 had a tank selector failure about 1985 or 1986. He dropped her onto the Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie highway when the big fan stopped - and he was going well with his dead stick landing, until he came up against one of those pesky large roadside signs!

 

He took a wing off on the sign support post, but neither he nor his 13 yr old girl passenger were hurt. I believe the PA-28 flew again, but it was a pretty expensive repair.

 

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